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Gifts That Keep On Giving

Note to cocktail fans: You’re gonna need a bigger bookshelf.

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Wayne Curtis

Dec. 12, 2014 1:17 p.m. ET

This year was almost absurdly fruitful when it comes to new books about spirits and drinking well. I’ve just thumbed my way through nearly two dozen, and many are excellent. Whiskey books were particularly well represented, which mirrors the boom on liquor store shelves—especially in bourbon and other American whiskeys, for which supply can still scarcely keep up with demand.